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Scythian Language: Proto-Indo-European, NOT Iranian
Scythian Theory Boxhorn In 1647, Leiden professor of eloquence Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn published a dissertation arguing for the Scythian origin of the Greek, Roman, and...
Scythian Supreme Goddess Tabiti: The only Indo-Aryan female Fire Deity
Herodotus According to Greek historian Herodotus, the Scythian religion centered on seven divinities. He described them in the following way: The only gods the Scythians try...
Scythian Cavalry Heavy Armor: What museum recreation revealed
Gladkivshchina Kurgan #2 In 1982, researchers explored a burial site unique in its composition and state of preservation near the village of Gladkovshchina in central...
Scythian Top-Rank Warlords on Gaimanov Golden Bowl: Their faces, outfits &...
The famous 4th-century BC gilded silver bowl decorated with reliefs of elite Scythian warriors was discovered in the Gaimanova Mohyla Royal kurgan in the...
Scythian Armor Technology: Unique 5th-century BC iron scaly full protecive suit...
1976 December issue of The UNESCO Courier had the following passage: “How Scythian horsemen of 2,500 years ago dressed, and the kind of equipment they...
Scythians in The Iliad of Homer: ‘Most decent men alive’
Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...
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Was Ukraine Independent in the 16th century? Roman Emperor Rudolph II...
In May of 1594, Erich Lassota von Steblau, a special envoy of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II to the Zaporozhian Cossacks arrived in Kyiv....
‘Russians’ are the Volga Finns, not Slavs
Waiver: All nations are equal and the Finns are one of the most advanced nations in Europe these days. The reason for writing this...
‘Amazon in Battle’ scene on golden scabbard from Chertomlyk Royal Barrow...
The sheath was first described for international audience in the "Scythians and Greeks" book by E. Minns published in 1913. Below is a drawing...
Igor Sikorsky’s record-breaking 1,200 km-long flight on ‘Ilya Muromets’ plane from...
"There was one more important test flight as well as demonstration left to be accomplished, namely a long journey across the country. Until then...
Pablo Picasso in Ukrainian Embroidery Shirt/ Vyshyvanka
His first wife who was Ukrainian presented it to him. See other famous people in this traditional Ukrainian attire >
Sculptured birds on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
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Enterpreneur: Longest Reigning Heavyweight Boxing Champion Dr. Wladimir Klitschko On Achieving...
According to Wikipedia, his boxing career recorded 64 wins in 69 fights, of which 53 were by knockout. Throughout his two decades in...
After the Warsaw Uprising in November of 1830, Moscow declared that...
The editors of Edward Clarke's Travels in Russia, Tartary and Turkey published in 1839 in Edinburgh by William and Robert Chambers described the events...
Heart-shaped ornamentations on Kyiv Rus textiles 1000 years ago. ‘Sacral Ivy’?
What could that ornamentation be? The author of this article thinks that it is a representaion of an ivy leaf. We see this plant...
Ukrainian who discovered X-rays but didn’t receive credit for it: Ivan...
As Noble Prize's official webpage describes it: "On the evening of 8 November 1895, Röntgen was in his laboratory studying how cathode-ray tubes emit...
Black Stork Coin Commemorating the 38th Anniversary of Chornobyl
The National Bank of Ukraine provides a description of the numismatic coin: